DvForge mic plug and guitar plug

I just bought both the mic plug and guitar plug USB devices from DVForge. Their website made them sound pretty handy (close to no latency, better than CD quality recording), and I read no bad reviews.
Trouble is...they don't work. The mic plug gives me very quiet recording with hiss and horrible peaks. And the guitar plug gives me almost nothing at all.
Have I bought a pair of lemons? Or is something set up wrong? I'm using a sony F-VX650A mic, and a bog-standard semi-acoustic guitar. I notice that the mac recognises the device as "C-Media USB Headphone set" - whatever the **** that is.
Any ideas?

I'm a turkey. Just the input levels in system preferences. They work fine. Duh.
Incidently, the ** in "whatever the **" was subbed in for, wait for it, H..E..double hockey sticks. I apologize to the moderators for this uncharacteristically offensive turn of phrase. I shall adjust my language accordingly.

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